Special Report: Health

Traditional Medicine

Societies reconsider the healing role of alternative remedies.

Mongolia

Herbal Remedies Grow Popular Again, Thanks to Pandemic

By Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Zimbabwe

Traditional Healers Lure Women With Promises of Easy Births

By Vimbai Chinembiri

Democratic Republic of Congo

Despite Dangers, Medical Clinics Act as Last Resort

By Merveille Kavira Luneghe

Democratic Republic of Congo

Traditional Healers Hinder COVID Vaccination Drive

By Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

Haiti

Haitians Turn to Vodou to Treat Mental Illness

By Anne Myriam Bolivar

Zimbabwe

Fear of Hospitals Forces Virus Patients to Treat Themselves

By Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

Uganda

A COVID-19 ‘Cure’ — or a Waste of Taxpayer Money?

By Nakisanze Segawa

Mexico

Mistrust Fuels Rejection of Coronavirus Vaccine

By Adriana Alcázar González

Zimbabwe

With No Virus Cure at Hand, Some Try Mixing Their Own

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Zimbabwe

Traditional Healers in Zimbabwe Need Licenses to Sell Their Medicine Legally. But Most Say it Isn’t Worth It.

By Linda Mujuru

Uganda

Fervent Religious Beliefs Steer HIV-Positive Away From Prescribed Treatments

By Nakisanze Segawa